Word: aloof
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...television interviewer whether the party should nominate in 1968 a man who had not backed the 1964 ticket, Reagan said: "Well, a lot of that would deal with whether the individual repented or not. I don't think that a convention would support someone who stayed aloof or who actually opposed the will of the party and then was completely unregenerate...
...challenge to the Secretary of Defense was formal. Richard Neustadt called two leaders of SDS (Ansara and Eric Lessinger '68) into his office, and with Frank sought to convince them that there were good reasons for not permitting a debate. Until this time, Neustadt had remained relatively aloof from the public conflict. He had been preoccupied with a series of important lectures he was delivering at Columbia. But he was not able to dissuade either Ansara or Lessinger. Nothing was accomplished; each side held its ground, and the central difference became increasingly apparent. The Institute and SDS were talking about...
Like Father. Envious competitors consider Bergesen aloof and insufferably vain, not the least for his habit of walking the three miles from his suburban home to his Oslo office each morning, while a chauffeured limousine trails behind. Nine years ago, the rivals got an unexpected recruit, when his son Berge Sigval Bergesen repeated a bit of family history: he broke with the family firm, railing that father found it "impossible to retire." Now 48, Berge has his own charter operation called Sigship. Warily staying away from tankers, he specializes in bulk carriers - many of them also leviathans in their class...
Williams seems incapable of anger or depression. He talks softly and easily in private conversation, smiles often, and listens courteously with apparent interest. There is an aloof informality about him, creating an air of casual righteousness. He tends to sit impassively and listen, occasionally murmuring a reply. Williams talks with amusement about himself, but at any mention of criminal law, he quickly becomes animated...
...underdeveloped nations they compete bitterly for markets for their copra and sugar, rice and rubber. India, Pakistan and Burma have shown no interest in the hustle and bustle around them. Indonesia, still in the shakedown stage after its anti-Communist upheaval, is only warily beginning to participate. Cambodia stands aloof, although Premier Sihanouk, who likes to root for the winning team, has lately taken steps to bleach some of the pro-Peking coloration out of his government...